Sr. Applications Engineer
About The Position
Tektronix is seeking a Senior Applications Engineer to join its Signal Acquisition & Analysis Portfolio team, supporting high-speed digital design and validation applications. The role focuses on DDR memory technologies, PCI Express, PAM4 signaling, DPOJET analysis software, and Tektronix performance probing solutions. The Senior Applications Engineer serves as a customer-facing technical leader, partnering with engineers developing next-generation computing, networking, AI, and semiconductor technologies. The position combines deep technical expertise with customer engagement to solve challenging measurement problems, influence product development, and enable business growth. It is intended for an experienced engineer with a passion for signal integrity, high-speed serial communications, and helping customers succeed. The position is based in Beaverton, Oregon, with a hybrid work arrangement and approximately 20–30% travel. The stated salary range is 83,400.00–155,000.00 in local currency.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
- At least 8 years of experience in applications engineering, signal integrity, test engineering, product development, or related technical roles.
- Expertise with high-speed digital interfaces, including DDR4/DDR5/LPDDR, PCI Express Gen4/Gen5/Gen6, PAM4 signaling, and high-speed serial communication architectures.
- Strong understanding of signal integrity fundamentals, jitter and noise analysis, eye diagram measurements, and oscilloscope-based compliance and debugging workflows.
- Experience using high-bandwidth oscilloscopes and probes.
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.
- Ability to travel approximately 20–30%.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with DPOJET, TekExpress, or automated compliance solutions.
- Familiarity with protocol compliance standards and industry consortium activities.
- Experience supporting semiconductor, hyperscale datacenter, AI accelerator, server, or networking customers.
- Knowledge of probe architectures, de-embedding techniques, and measurement uncertainty analysis.
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary technical expert for DDR memory, PCIe, PAM4, DPOJET, and high-performance probe applications.
- Independently resolve complex customer technical issues and escalations involving signal integrity, compliance validation, jitter analysis, and measurement workflows.
- Conduct advanced customer demonstrations, proof-of-concept evaluations, and measurement consultations.
- Partner with sales teams to support strategic opportunities and accelerate customer adoption of Tektronix solutions.
- Develop and deliver technical presentations, application notes, training content, webinars, and conference presentations.
- Translate customer requirements and industry trends into actionable feedback for product management and engineering teams as the Voice of the Customer.
- Support new product introductions, beta evaluations, release readiness activities, and competitive benchmarking.
- Collaborate with engineering, product management, and marketing to improve products, workflows, and customer experience.
- Represent Tektronix at industry events, technical conferences, consortium meetings, and customer engagements.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the growth of the Applications Engineering organization.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
